Woman slain in Back Bay Home

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Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The Boston Globe on June 15, 1962. At the time, it was unknown that this incident was the first slaying for the serial murderer known as the Boston Strangler. The Strangler killings would continue, 13 in total, until the last victim died on Jan. 4, 1964.

An attractive divorcee was found strangled in her third-floor apartment at 77 Gainsboro Street, Back Bay, at 7:45 last night.

Her son found Mrs. Anna Slesers, 55, on the kitchen floor when he came to take her to church. A housecoat, her only clothing, had been ripped open. The cord was tightly knotted around her neck.